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What do you considered the most overpriced products?
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$300 for xp pro? are they serious? (and yeah i know you can get it for half that without the box, but that's not the point)
$300 for xp pro? are they serious? (and yeah i know you can get it for half that without the box, but that's not the point)
beatsme said:
With emphasis placed on Apple-branded iPod accessories...might as well just buy another iPod, rather than buying socks, an AC adapter, a dock, and a remote
EDIT: Oooo oooo!!! Pick me! I have another one! Computer repair shops who charge $50 for a "diagnostic" (i.e., looking at it, saying "Why yes, you do have a problem with your computer!")
Not sure if it's a "product" as such, but it is certainly over priced...
I was going to go home to Cornwall this weekend, but a standard open return on the train is £205. I flew to Barcelona recently for less.
I was going to go home to Cornwall this weekend, but a standard open return on the train is £205. I flew to Barcelona recently for less.
Ah, the privatised British railway system. So cost effective, so efficient, and so safe to boot. Could you hire a car and drive down? It'd be cheaper than £205.Kernow said:I was going to go home to Cornwall this weekend, but a standard open return on the train is £205. I flew to Barcelona recently for less.
I second Sony. Premimum price, no better quality.
McDonalds/Burger King/KFC/etc - their meals are very dear (£4-5) if you consider the crap quality of the food and the fact that they aren't that big. My local chippy does a huge portion of sausage and chips for a quarter of the price.
Sky Television - I don't understand why people pay £30 a month to see more repeats
McDonalds/Burger King/KFC/etc - their meals are very dear (£4-5) if you consider the crap quality of the food and the fact that they aren't that big. My local chippy does a huge portion of sausage and chips for a quarter of the price.
Sky Television - I don't understand why people pay £30 a month to see more repeats
Kernow said:I was going to go home to Cornwall this weekend, but a standard open return on the train is £205. I flew to Barcelona recently for less.
Wow! And I thought £40 (with a Railcard) for Manchester to London was dear!
In Europe, for £200, you could get unlimited travel over several countries for up to a month!
aquajet said:
I'm with you on Bose. I've got a pair of Bose speakers, and boy are they nice, but like the Les Paul jeez were they ever expensive.
re: auto parts
I had to get the power window unit replaced on my erstwhile Ford Probe (which was, mechanically, a Mazda 626)...$350 in parts, $190 for the motor and $140 for the godd@m bracket.
Mmm, sausage and chips. That sounds good right now. I wish we could get that kind of stuff here in the US. McDonalds et al is cheaper here, but who wants it?FleurDuMal said:
P.S. I take it from your username that you're a fan of Beaudelaire?
Kernow said:Not sure if it's a "product" as such, but it is certainly over priced...
I was going to go home to Cornwall this weekend, but a standard open return on the train is £205. I flew to Barcelona recently for less.
If you want to travel with the poor Plymouth is £12 return with Megabus.
From that there London.
I think lots of stuff in premium audio is over-priced. I understand that a lot of it is over-priced because of limitations in niche manufacturing, development costs, and materials, but I still think it's insane. Although it's a sliding scale... I do like the Bose speakers I own, although I don't use them right now (in favor of some old floor standing ones we had that looked better in the room! ... so now my Bose bookshelfs and my Cambridge satellite system are both sitting in boxes....
As far as products *I* actually buy though... the water I like. I *love* Evian. It's worth the money to me, but it cracks me up how much cheaper soda is than Evian...
... so now my Bose bookshelfs and my Cambridge satellite system are both sitting in boxes....As far as products *I* actually buy though... the water I like. I *love* Evian. It's worth the money to me, but it cracks me up how much cheaper soda is than Evian...